Public and private employers turn to attorney Heather Stone Fletcher for guidance on compliance and regulatory matters affecting employee benefit plans and executive compensation.
Heather advises employers on the design, implementation, and operation of their employee benefit programs, including qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation arrangements.
When a client contemplates a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other corporate transaction or event, Heather provides advice regarding risk assessments, plan mergers and terminations, establishing new benefit platforms, and other employee benefits issues that can arise. She also has extensive experience advising employers with unionized workforces and fiduciaries regarding collectively bargained retirement and welfare plans, including withdrawal liability issues.
Heather represents clients in matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, such as government audits, corrective filings under the IRS and DOL correction programs, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) investigations.
Heather’s experience also includes:
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